Regarding British shows, it might be a differential sense of humour. I don't generally care for American sit-coms; their sense of humour doesn't appeal to me.
There doesn't appear to be room on American networks for shows that don't have mass appeal.
There isn't. As a general rule, America doesn't do "niche" - not in networks, not in food stores, not in politics. If a show isn't doing as well as the networks want in the first handful of episodes, then it's dumped without being given a chance to find its footing.
And some shows - like Stargate Atlantis - are cancelled, not because they're unpopular, but because they're popular and the cost-to-profit ratio of a TV series is significantly higher than that of a movie franchise.
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There doesn't appear to be room on American networks for shows that don't have mass appeal.
There isn't. As a general rule, America doesn't do "niche" - not in networks, not in food stores, not in politics. If a show isn't doing as well as the networks want in the first handful of episodes, then it's dumped without being given a chance to find its footing.
And some shows - like Stargate Atlantis - are cancelled, not because they're unpopular, but because they're popular and the cost-to-profit ratio of a TV series is significantly higher than that of a movie franchise.